Elizabeth Harris

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.

No, it’s okay: they’re very nice to translators, very supportive (I translated a book for them). I thought it might be Antonia—glad to hear it!

Who’s the translator?

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

ANOTHER ANGLE. This man was NOT brandishing a firearm. He was holding his phone. He then put his body between ICE thugs and woman. He was then sprayed with a chemical agent, tackled, disarmed, and executed. Plain as day. DO NOT let them tell you otherwise.

We are aware of a shooting involving federal law enforcement near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue. Please avoid this area.

Go, CAT!!! All you guys!! Forza!!

Anahid Nersessian | ICE’s War on Home The protests that broke out last weekend in Los Angeles are at once an autonomous phenomenon and a continuation of the...

‘The protests that broke out last weekend in Los Angeles are at once an autonomous phenomenon and a continuation of the George Floyd rebellion of 2020 and the student-led campaign against the war on Gaza.’

Anahid Nersessian on the LA protests: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

Just saw this video on Reddit & burst into tears. THIS is the power of peaceful protest, even in the face of violent tyranny. We stand with you, LA ~ don’t let the facist bastards grind you down.

Stay fierce, Los Angeles 💛🇲🇽🗽

I like this Gavin more than podcast Gavin.

Submit by JULY 6: Open call for translations of literature from Asia and Oceania. Our publisher, @twolinespress.bsky.social‬, is looking for samples of novels, story collections, and literary non-fiction. More information here ➡️ www.catranslation.org/books/submit...

“How can I be under arrest? And in this manner?” “Now there you go again,” the guard replies. “We don’t answer such questions.” Judge Boasberg cites Kafka's 'The Trial' in his ruling that CECOT detainees must be allowed to legally challenge their detentions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A very sad RIP for Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, a brilliant writer who led an extraordinary life. His work is (just about) bookended by 'The River Between' and 'Wizard of the Crow,' two great works that are totally different and written in different languages! He deserved that endlessly withheld Nobel.

Along with many other nonprofit arts organizations, we learned last night that our grant from the National Endowment for the Arts—$40,000 toward the publication of our books in 2025—has been terminated. While this news was not unexpected, its message was chilling.

Sign with images of Trump, Vance, and Musk in Nazi uniforms and the words “The Turd Reich”

All the medals.

What a great commercial for the US tourists industry, that is already in huge decline right now.

whoever is doing this campaign in London well bloody done 👍

Out Aug. 5 with Deep Vellum.

I walked my dog this morning at -15 degrees. 26 degrees is a heatwave.

Negative 6 here in Alma.

Trans Man Killed in New York Was Tortured for More Than a Month, Police Say The body of Sam Nordquist, 24, was found in a field after he had been reported missing. The district attorney in Ontario County, N.Y., called the circumstances surrounding the death “beyond depraved.”

The Trump Adm is encouraging this kind of bigotry!

Trans Man Killed in New York Was Tortured for More Than a Month, Police

The district attorney in Ontario County, N.Y., called the circumstances surrounding the death “beyond depraved.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/n...

And now: Because the world is so sad...
A baby elephant saying hello to some cute little birds RS

No shit.

Don't nobody wanna be part of the United States raggedy empire. This thing is falling apart & Trump's trying to build luxury condos on top of the rubble in Gaza & thinks he's about to colonize Greenland?

Is That a Familiar Feeling? - Words Without Borders In this intimate and insightful essay, Rosalind Harvey explores the complex emotional and professional terrain of literary translation, weaving together attachment theory, career precarity, and the un...

A lovely essay on #translation by Rosalind Harvey

Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

Again, we knew it was coming. But that doesn’t make it any less disgusting and diabolical. Support the teachers who resist. Support the kids who disappear inside themselves. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Obviously. I was being ironic.

Amazing how obsessed they are with where people pee.